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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-05-27

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IrNrIri neatly repaired.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-05-27
Analytical Chemist

DIR. HENRY FROELING. II :. Twelfth street,
chemist 10 Chesapeake and Ohio ana klch
mOnd and Allegheny railroads. >pcchl a
tcntiOu to ores and mineral waters.
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j. TEASDALE. 1915 e. Main street Best
$3.50 and 80 mems nd :, and $3.50 ladies
shoes.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-05-27
Sick Headache

lllt Main street. Rich
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-05-27

ADAM DACONT eN Dr. Marshall street,
Wholesale aal rfaL Repairing neatly HuI
IrumIIL dome.
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TUE EYEsIGHr Is PRECIOUS,

Aud should eyer be properly cared tor. Many
persons chidfen as well as adults whose eye
slsht ls defective. and who would receive much
assistance and comfort from the use OF care
iully selected and adjusted glasses. are doing
thelf eyes great injury either through not re-
alAlns that their vision ls 20 imperfect or
through the use OF improper glasses. selected
generally by mere guess work. regardless of
the actual need. Bur there is no cause for such
now. Ny examination Is free, and IL required
ADJUST such spcctacles on eye glasses at Il
moderate cost as are proper 10 remedy the
various optical defects. no matter how seem
ingly severe. My illustrated catalogue sent to
any address upon application.
DIR. :. GALESkl, Consulting Optician.
9l5 East Main Street
Superior artificial eyes kept on hand and in
serted. 5mr2-tufri&sutf
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b. n. MORRlSETr $50. 10 Seventh street
Manchester. Phones F
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I'd yon adulierate yonr -. tooF

"Well, no. that would not pay You see
we mix coffee and blend teas BY blending
mean we mix good bad, and middlmg TO-
gether, call it some outlandish combination
or chop and 'let hergo New York Her
ala
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WILLIAM n. GARDNER. jl6 T.. Broad
street. Hair cutting, dycing, shaving, and
-hampOOinR.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-09

when the soldiers grave will not be
hallowed ground? No; as God and
the Right liveth. No! Rather do we
wish that these frail. ephemeral bios
SONS. sweet as they are delicate, might
defy the laws of nature and, glorified
by their mission of marking a soldiers
grave, might bloom forever; immor-
telles, un shrlvelled, unfaded, undying,
sending up perpetual perfume en-
blematic of the unselfish, undaunted
patriotism of soldiers heart.
The most pathetic feature of Mem
orial Day, however, is not the hang
ing of wreaths and emblems upon the
lofty monuments which mark the rest
ing-placcs of those known and hon
ored in life. 1t is the decoration of the
nameless grave which shows the real
beauty of the custom. Dead hero!
deprived of resting-place near those
of your kindred, defrauded by fate of
even a name upon your fOOt-stone,
to-day you are remembered with rev.
erence and gratitude. The fairest.
sweetest flowers rest upon you. God
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-09

knows who it is beneath the turf, and
we know you by tn, glorious name Of
Soldier. Though withered flowers are
ever on your grave, and each season
of bloom brings a fresh coronet to
mark the spot. the grave is. though
nameless. cherished and honOred by
the Nation among its most precious
possessions.
The custom of marking the graves
of the departed Is prehistoric. Every
thing which love can devise has, in
different periods, and by different ma
tons, been employed to beautify and
do honor to the tomb. There is q
beautiful legend of ancient Greece
that land of beautiful customs-that a
little child having died, its grief-dis-
tracted nurse carried to its grave a
bucket containing its favorite toys.
She placed it upon the grave, covering
it with. slab that its contents might
not be disturbed. 1t happened that
the bucket was placed directly up on an
acanthus root-that classic plant the
very name of which suggests beauties
of sculpture and architecture. When
spring came the acanthus began to
grow, it wound about the bucket, gar
landing it on all sides.
A great sculptor passed that way
and saw it. Its beauty suggested to
him an idea, and he worked out from it
the famous Corinthian capital which
has immortalized the acanthus. The
manner in which we decorate our
graves will suggest nothing to the
sculptor, but to the poet. the philosopher,
the everyday human being with a
heart in his bosom, its suggestions are
beautiful rs the more material ones
which live in marble. To the poet
,Longfellow, the nameless grave has not
appealed in vain. The following
beautiful sonnet expresses the intensity
of feeling which lay in his loyal heart
and which is echoed to-day by thou
sands:
&" A soldier Of the Union mustered out"
Is the ms cription on an unknown grave
At Newport News beside the salt-sea wave,
Nameless and dateless; sentinel or scout,
Shot down in skrmish or disastrous rOut
OF battle, when the loud artillery drave
Its iron wedges through the ranks OF brave
And doomed battalions, storming the redoubt.
Thou unknown hero, sleeping by the sea-
In thy forgotten grave. with secret shame
1 feel my pulses beat my forehead burn
When remember thou hast given for me
All that thou hadst thy life, thy very name,
And can give thee nothing in return"
SARAH S. PRATT.
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Inclined to Be Neighboriy.

He was bright, talkative boy OF
eight or nine, and he rang the door.
bell of a house on Brush street the
other day and asked to see the lady Of
the house.
He was admitted, and when she came
into the parlor he said:
Il belong to the family who just
moved in next door"
Yes"
1--WE want to be neighborly. Are
You going to call on ma?'
''Why-why, child, don't know.
You'd better come. Then she can
come over to see you. She's great
woman to talk, and she'll show YOU
the place where she had felon on her
hand. You wan: to be neighborly,
don't YOU"
I'll suppose So"
"Well, then. Ill borrow a hunk Of
butter, and YOU come over and borrow
our clothes-bars, and we'll soon be &C.
auainted. We amt bit s:uck-up,
even if we have got a mantei in the
parlor. Well. goodbye" = Detroit
Free Press.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-09

and distributing stations The former are
located near the spawning grounds of
those species for which they are especially
intended. The eggs are received at these
stations, and, enough having been re-
served to stock the waters Of that region,
the remainder are sent to distributing
stations, usually located at some central
point, to be Matched and shipped to the
waters for which they are intended. The
following stations have thus far been
established: Grand Lake Stream, Maine;
Bucksport, Maine; Woods Hole, Mass.
permanent coast-station, which serves as
a base of operations for the scientific in
vestigatons of the commission as . hatch
ing station for eggs Of the cOdfish); Cold
Spring Harbor, Long IslaEd, N. Y; Havre
de Grace, Md; Washington, D. c. (here
Is situated the central Matching station,
fully equipped for scientific experiments
connected with the propagation of fishes;
It is also the principal distributing station
of the Fish Commission for both eggs and
young fish to all portions Of the Unitei
States); Wytheville, Va; Saint Jerome's
Greek, Point Lookout, Nd; Avoca, N. c.;
Worthwhile, Mich; Alpena, Mich. Baird,
Shasta County, CAL; Clackamas river.
Oregon. The following is list Of the
species artlnc1aIly Matched IN the Unlteu
States since the art was first practiced
here: Brook trout, white-fsh, lake trout,
pike, perch, Atlantic salmon, shad, land
locked salmon, California salmon, striped
bass, sea bass, grayling, sturgeon, smeit,
herring, aiewife, oyster, cod, paddock.
carp, Spanish mackerel, moon-fish, gold
fish, tench, soft-shelled clam and lobster.
But perhaps the most interesting feature
Of the work is the method employed in
Matching the eggs OF fish artifcially. We
will take the shad as an example. As
soon as the shad are taken in the nets or
seines those which are ripe or soft are Sc
lected. II ripe the eggs flow freely
from the female shad when the belly Of
the fish is pressed gently; if unripe the
eggs will not flow at all; if the eggs are
only nearly ripe they will come forth with
difficulty, in masses; such fish are not
taken. A short time before the shad
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-09

pose, first as an outlet for the water, and
second, to remove the dead eggs which
pass on in the waste or are fed to the
young fish in the aquaria When the
period Of Matching approaches, instead Of
allowing the water from the Matching Jars
to pass directly into the sinks, it is neces.
sary to conduct it through the collecting
jars. This is precisely similar to the
Matching jar in construction. The water
passes from the Matching jar through tho
rubber tube into the eccentric opening Of tho
receiving jar On the lower end of the CEN
trail tube is placed . wire frame over
which is drawn bag made Of cheap cotton,
the texture Of which is fine enough to per-
nit the water to strain through, the
meshes being so fine, however, that the
suction Of the water will not hold the
young fry against it, as would be the case
if wire screen was used. The water is
allowed to pass out Of this second receiv-
ing jar into the waste. The young fish,
if they be shad or whitefish, begin to swim
around in the Matching jar, drifting with
the current They pass into the exit tube
and are carried over into the receiver in
which they may be collected to any num-
Der desired, being retained there without
injury until convenient to make shipment
From Is 600 to q. 600 eggs may be placed
in each jar. The constant flow Of water
keeps the eggs in motion, and in about
three days they hatch out the young fry
being placed in tanks ready for shipment
Practically the same method is used for
Matching various other kinds Of fish.
The current work Of the commission IN
Matching young fish at the different sta
tons shows gratifying results. At Wash
ington 100000 white fish eggs were
hatched last week, the fry to be sent to
Lake Erie. At Nashville and at Alpena,
Mich, 125, OO0, 900 white fish eggs were col
lected during the fall Of which 5000, 0o0
have been distributed to the State Com
missioners for Matching and planting and
100 OOO, 900 have been reserved to be Matched
at the Worthwhile station, the fry TO be
placed in the ocean and the great lakes.
The station at Woods Hall has been
actively engaged IN collecting, Matching
and distributing the eggs Of Goldfish, Of
which 26. OK, 600 have been Matched and
planted in Vineyard Sound and other ad-
jacent waters. 1t Is probable that the
total production of the season will exceed
1OO. OOO. 600 Goldfish when eggs are OBJ
tanned from the Ipswich Bay school At
Wvtheville, Va, the collecting Of Cali
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-09

fornia trout eggs Is in full progress, over
100, OOO eggs having been obtained, Of winch
fifty per cent will be distributed in lots of
5000 and 1000 to the different State COM
missions, the balance to be hatched and
reared at the station, and distributed IS
yearling fish to the streams Of the AppaE
achian region in Pennsylvania, Virginia,
West Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia
and Tennessee.
Another interesting feature Of tho work
Of the commission and one which is, per-
haps, more familiar to the general reader,
is the method used for distributing fish
Previous to 1880 the Fish Commission sent
its fish in large milk cans all over the
country, in baggage cars IN special
charge Of messengers" who changed the
water en- route as often as necessary, and
otherwise cared for the young fish This
method Of transportation was attended
with great difficulty and eften great less
in the mortality Of the young fish, from
the exposure to the heat or cold OF the
baggage Gag and the change Of the water
in different localities. Since that tine
however, the commission has had built for
its use cars especially adapted to the uses
Of transportation. These cars are 50 con-
structed that sufficient water can BE- car
ried, for the entire shipment, often cover
ing several days. By q process Of aeration
the water is used again and again to re-
plenish the water taken from the recep-
tacles in which the fish are carried. These
vessels are simply tin buckets with per-
fo-ated covers, holding perhaps q quart Of
water, and are placed underneath the
'oor Of the car. About one hundred cans
are usually carried, the number Of fish Of
course varying according to the size.
Over I,50O. 900 white fish were recently
transported in one shipment to Oregon and
Washington Territory with . loss Of only
five hundred. These cars are provided
with comfortable berths for the messen-
gers. akitchen. refrigerators. tanks pump
ing engines, Matching apparatus, and every
thing necessary for the proper care Of the
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-09
The spring shipments Of shad has air

The spring shipments Of shad has already
commenced, and millions of them are find.
ing homes II the rivers all ever the coun-
try.
Such is Q brief sketch Of some Of the
features OF the United States Fish Com
mission, an institution peculiarly American
in its conception, and without parallel IN
any other governmental organization. u
has a-nieved q world wide reputation for
Its enterprise and originality Of method
It's work is better appreciated abroad than
in the United States, and at the Interna-
ticnal Fisheries Exhibition ut Berlin and
at London we carried away majority Of
tho prizes for supremacy both in scientific
method and practical results.
3. VI. SIoyYolA
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dead march. the brave hero coffined in
his uniform; dead, perhaps, with a
bullet in his breast, while leading an
assault, or, sadder still. dead among
strangers. far from home. after long
days of suffering. The pathos of it is
enough to soften hearts of adamant.
Family. family. did the robe of sable,
the vail of Grape, express the unspeak-
able woe which. black and crushing.
fell upon happy hearts in Those
troublous times.
Many reminders of the old war days
are about me. Occasionally one may
see upon some old man, who is perhaps
proud of it. an army overcoat, with
its long, dangling skirt of blue. its
cap and government brass buttons.
That coat is sacred as the mantle of
Elijah. and he who can view that hon.
ored garment unmOved is callOus. in
deed. Nearly every home in the land
has its souvenir of the war, rendered
precious by the memory of its possess
or. Reverently and lovingly rs were
the Lares and Penates of old. are these
relics enshrined in places of honor and
pointed to with tender pride. Some
times it is a sword of the newly-fedged
young officer; sometimes a canteen, a
knapsack or a tattered flag. Or per-
haps portrait of ''boy in blue
hangs over the Fireplace. and the Wis
itor in the household must hear the
story of his brave young life told IN
fearful reverence by those who loved
him. With such reminders as these in
half of the homes of our land, think
you that Memorial Day will ever be-
come an empty name? Think you
these graves, and o, how many there
are! will be left ungarlanded on this
day! Think You the time can come
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-09
INFERIOR BUTTER
Careless Methods Which Impsrt . Rank
Flavor to Dairy Products.

Careless Methods Which Impsrt . Rank
Flavor to Dairy Products
Every crows young are the
whitest." every farmers wife makes
the best butter in the township, every
boys mother is the best cook that ever
was. So it is, and well it is Sc. It
makes us contented; still, in the mat
ter Of butter. there is either wonder
full difference in tastes or some people
don't know good butter when they
meet with it. or else they are really
fond Of very poor article. A friend
living in the country who comes to
town every day asked in delightful in
nocenee: What makes the difference
in butter of different farmers?" Then
he told how their regular supply
failed, and they tried that of a thrifty
farmers wife whose son and husband
had not long before been praising her
butter to the skies. The butter locked
well, but, though newly-made. it had a
strong. rank flavor, foreign to either
cows or butter. They could not eat it.
What could be the matter?
We happened to know about that
dairy. 1t is in one corner OF ~ great.
liberal cellar, well-stored in winter
with cider barrels and vinegar, and
bins Of potatoes and turnips> with
piles Of cabbages. pork barrels, etc.
There is the soap barrel, and there are
long rows of apples in barrels and
bins. The milk-room, though sep
arate, has the full benefit of the varied
odors and of the close. damp air all
through the cold weather. and ven-
tilation and thorough airing are raro
occurrences. Why should not the
butter have a strong and rank flavor.
foreign alike to the cows and to WELL
casedfOr butter? = american Dairy
man.
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THE sHAD.

spawns clear eggs Of large s,z, will be
found in the roe, while the rest are still
hard: these become more and more numer-
Gus; after time they separate and fall
apart, liquid stream of eggs flowing
from the fish with the slightest pressure.
The meter, or male shad, IS rather smaller
than the female. the sex being known by
the dow of milt from the fish; small
quantity Of milt will impregnate large
number of eggs; about one male in good
condition to two or three females
The spawner, or female shad, is easily
known by its size and full appearance.
When all the spawn is taken it will be
shown by the blood appearing among the
eggs A male shad Is then taken, two or
three Jets Of milk are forced upon the eggs
while the pan is swayed gently to and fro.
A little water is addei from time to time
until the eggs rise, which will be, usually,
in the course of half An hour. After i'm
pregnstion the eggs will be found to have
Increased in size, and when they rise they
can either be put on trays covered with
cotton cloth or Kept in the pan. In the lat
ter case the water should be changed every
hour. The bad eggs will float on top and
are Of whitish color, being called water
blown; good eggs Will be clear and IKE
crystal in appearance. The eggs having
been fertilized, the most difficult portion OF
the task ren aims, VIZ: the care Of the eggs
until they are hatched, and the care Of the
Young fry untI they are old enough tocare
for themselves.
The apparatus employed for this Work
varies in principle to correspond 70 tne
physical peculiarities Of the eggA
Al an example we Will consider the
process of Matching shad eggA whose
specific gravity is slightly greater than
that of water. These egRs are Plsced To-
Rether in large quantities. and TO prevent
their settling upon the bottom OF the re-
ceptacle. Il is necessary to introduce .
eentle current from below. Several re.
oeptscles were made for the Matching OF
chad sggA with only partially successiul
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ebrating. Said he: "America is never
free from excitement. She is perpet-
ually unvailing q statue. erecting a
monument. raising a purse for some
body. When she is not doing these things
she is celebrating either Thanksgiving
Day. Fourth of July or Washington's
Birthday. She never has period of
repose. which an Englishman requires,
and prefer to stay at home"
An unconscious tribute to America
lay in his words; for although the quick
and mobile blood of our young Nation
loves excitement for its own sake, vet
its chief motive for these multiplex
celebrations, which so offend the phleg-
matic Englishman, is ever love, graf
itude or patriotism. All of these emo
tions combine to make Decoration, or
Memorial Day, rs it is now more beau
tifully named. the HOLIDAY of Amer
lea 1t is the day Of days which. as a
Nation. we honor. The enthusiasm.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-09
HOW TO TRAIN COLTS


Good Results Dependent On n CareNuD
Study Of Their PsculiaritIss.
Colts. like men. are very far from
being alike. mentally. Many are
ready to say that they do not favor the
plan Of handling colts at an early age.
the object being to render their after.
training easier. They say a pet colt
never makes good horse, because he
never shows any life and vim. We
grant that there arc colts of an incident,
go-easy temperament, that, like sonic
men, have hardly spirit enough to be
susceptible of excitement, hence when
they grow up. can be quite generally
depended upon as not liable to kick
over the traces. or run away. We
have known colts that were bred al.
most identically alike in blood, as close
of kin as they could be without being
by one sire, and having the same dam,
that were unlike, mentally. One was
always safe in harness. under the usual
surroundings, while the other was al.
ways on the lookout for something to
sartle him, and ready to spring this
way or that, to escape some imaginary
danger. to all of which his mate would
be totally indifferent. Now, to say, in
broad terms, that timid. excitable
colt should not be cured of this ten
dency. SO far as it is possible to do this
by taking him in hand early in his life,
is, we think, a great mistake,
The notion that the tanning of high
spirited COLT in early life takes away
his spirit and energy,is a mistaken
notion. Life and energy are qualities
that are bred into the colt, as much so
as are an upright. enduring hoof. fat
limb, or speed and bottom, and, With
proper management, are as likely to
stay with him through life, when not
driven out by starvation or excessive
labor. 1t is true that some horses are
quite safe in harness, though having
had their liberty. in pasture and other
wise. till ready for service, so long as
every thing goes smoothly, but when
Overtaken by some new sight or sound,
the brief training they have had gives
no sufficient guarantee against acci-
dent. As rule, long-continued famil-
iarity with the voice of the master, and
the word of encouragement or CONE
mand. as occasion may require.
are the only safeguards. There are
peculiarities of disposition that ''run
in families" This is as true of horses
as of men, and the owner that does not
act upon this fact in handling his
horse stock denies himself one Of the
best of agencies in removing defects.
supplanting them by qualities that he
may desire. When farmer or breeder
discovers that he has in his possession
colt of timid and excitable temper
permanent, he will not be wise if he
does not place him under such course
of treatment as will disabuse the mind
of the colt of wrong impression. For
it is nothing but an error and one
which, in nine cases out of ten, can be
eradicated by subjecting the colt to
the things he seems to have an especial
aversion for. This should not. by any
means, be attempted by the use of the
lash. or accompanied by harsh word.
but by the charms that go with u
steady, firm hand AMI an inspiring
Unconstitutional Lire- Stock Journal.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-09

Concerning the use Of tea and
coffee by children, DIR. i ". Putnam,
Of Buffalo. says: ''ln these little people
nothing but harm can como from the
use Of such cerebral stimulants as tea
and coffee. speak enaphatically. be-
cause not only amongthe poor and un-
educated, but among the rich, whN
should know better. this practice is
marvelously prevalent. Childhood is
the period when the nervous activity is
ut its greatest. The nervous system is
pushed to its utmost capacity and long
IS the list Of victims that follows its
over stimulation" = Foote's Health
A0nthly.